Fight for Cyprus airspace invites disaster !

yrys88


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Message Posted:
06/08/2011 11:30

http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/E/EU_CYPRUS_DIVIDED_SKIES?SITE=AP&SECTION=HOME&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT&utm_medium=referral&utm_source=pulsenews



NICOSIA, Cyprus (AP) -- One divided Mediterranean island. Two air traffic control centers that don't communicate. Tens of thousands of airline passengers flying popular tourist routes. That potentially disastrous math hovers over Cyprus every day.



Confidential reports by international aviation authorities obtained by The Associated Press warn of "a high risk of accident" in the airspace where Greek Cypriot and Turkish Cypriot air controllers give overlapping and contradictory instructions, confusing pilots on increasingly busy routes. The AP has uncovered details of four near misses in a large swath of Cypriot airspace sandwiched between Turkey and Egypt.

martinD41


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Message Posted:
06/08/2011 11:55

That may explain why on a resent flight to UK our aeroplane was accompanied by two Turkish Air Force jets..

me-style


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Message Posted:
06/08/2011 13:08

MartinD41 in your dreams, get back to real

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Message Posted:
06/08/2011 13:20

We've had this covered before, and a member was very knowledgeable on this... but can't remember WHO :(



The interesting flights are ones from LCA to Ukraine / Russia .. they head due east then flight up the east coast of Cyprus .. sometimes over the pan handle ( reverse coming back ) ... I away wondered who was guiding us in over the pan handle ...